During the late '80s up to the present, Benny Carter (now an octogenarian) has recorded a string of consistently excellent and frequently superb CDs for Music Masters. This [more]

To commemorate the end of the century, Sony Music assembled the gargantuan 26-disc box set Sony Music 100 Years: Soundtrack for a Century. The title [more]

Like any other classical star, Wynton Marsalis felt the urge to re-record the basic repertoire for his instrument after awhile -- and so, he goes at the Haydn, Leopold Mozart, [more]

It was 1951 when Philip Jones formed the Philip Jones Brass Ensemble, and during the intervening half-century this phenomenal ensemble has [more]

Few musicians have attained the popularity and fame that the flutist James Galway has achieved during his extraordinary career. [more]

Decca's incredible lifestyles series has been nothing short of unprecedented, with over one million units sold in the US alone. These albums are created especially [more]

An interesting take on Putumayo's fascination with Caribbean music, this album takes the standard salsa and finds bands around the world performing it. [more]

Booker Ervin's debut as a leader teamed the intense tenor saxophonist with fellow tenor Zoot Sims (one will have little difficulty telling the cool-toned Zoot apart from Booker), [more]

After a long period off of records (at least as a leader), pianist Kenny Drew emerged in 1973 for a duo session with bassist Niels Pederson. For their rematch in 1974, Drew and Pederson [more]

Vocalist Carolyn Leonhart and saxophonist Wayne Escoffery are a married couple who make up a powerful musical team; on their first CD together that was [more]

Jeff Hamilton's recordings have always been focused as straight-ahead and mainstream as your typical superhighway, with occasional time for rest stops, gassing up, and sleepovers. [more]